A ritual is the enactment of a myth. And, by participating in the ritual, you are participating in the myth. And since myth is a projection of the depth wisdom of the psyche, by participating in a ritual, participating in the myth, you are being, as it were, put in accord with that wisdom, which is the wisdom that is inherent within you anyhow. Your consciousness is being re-minded of the wisdom of your own life. I think ritual is terribly important. Joseph Campbell
Name one hero who was happy." I considered. Heracles went mad and killed his family; Theseus lost his bride and father; Jason's children and new wife were murdered by his old; Bellerophon killed the Chimera but was crippled by the fall from Pegasus' back." You...
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Love cannot live where there is no trust.
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Edith Hamilton
Do you think we can be friends?” I asked. He stared up at the ceiling. “Probably not, but we can pretend.
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More Quotes By Joseph Campbell
Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.
If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.
The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.
You enter the forestat the darkest point, where there is no path. Where there is a way or path, it is someone else's path. You are not on your own path. If you follow someone else's way, you are not going to realizeyour potential.
The first step to the knowledge of the wonder and mystery of life is the recognition of the monstrous nature of the earthly human realm as well as its glory, the realization that this is just how it is and that it cannot and will...
